Fill in the blanks with appropriate word from alternatives : Exercise – 7

Directions (1-30) : In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate option. Four options are suggested for each question. Choose the correct option out of the four Or fill in the blanks with appropriate word from given alternatives. We have posted answers after every 5 questions to make it easy for you to Check your answers.

1. The teacher let us ____.

(1) to go early
(2) to leave early
(3) go early
(4) early to go

2. Jane is annoyed ____.

(1) on me
(2) with me
(3) against me
(4) over me

3. I am not angry ____ you, Paul.

(1) at
(2) on
(3) with
(4) against

4. ____ Australian and ____ European are three among the tourists.

(1) An, an
(2) The, the
(3) An, a
(4) A, an

5. I have been looking for an apartment and finally found the ____ one.

(1) good
(2) airy
(3) cheap
(4) perfect

Answers 1 to 5

1. (3) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (4)

6. The youth should believe ____ God.

(1) upon
(2) in
(3) on
(4) of

7. He was born ____ India.

(1) off
(2) in
(3) of
(4) through

8. The convict tried his level best to justify himself but judge looked ____ him and found him guilty.

11. Google is one of the most popular search engines, it is ____ by the internet users.

(1) utilized
(2) effected
(3) examined
(4) flabbergasted

12. Raj was tired of Puja’s ____ approach, so he asked her to make her final decision by that evening.

(1) silly-willy
(2) dilly-dally
(3) wasting
(4) dilly-nally

13. Ria is ____ at speaking languages. It is difficult to ____ only one puppy for animal shelter.

(1) adept, adapt
(2) adapt, adapt
(3) adept, adopt
(4) adapt, adopt

14. School days are considered to be the best years of your life. When my ____ year in school began, I began to think of those past enjoyable days and of my future also.

(1) penultimate
(2) absolute
(3) integral
(4) termination

15. Being ____, the judge gave a favourable verdict.

(1) sagacious
(2) pugnacious
(3) malicious
(4) tenacious

Answers 11 to 15

11. (1) 12. (2) 13. (3) 14. (1) 15. (1)

16. What ____? It ____ wonderful.

(1) is cooking, smell
(2) is cooking, smelled
(3) are you cooking, smelt
(4) are you cooking, smells

17. We had ____ money left, so we went out for a meal. We decided to abandon our trip as we had ____ money left.

(1) a little, a little
(2) little, a little
(3) a few, few
(4) a little, little

18. Please write to me ____ this address.

(1) upon
(2) at
(3) to
(4) on

19. I hate him for the simple reason that he keeps singing his own praises continually talking about himself. He is an irritating____. He is a real ____ because for anything he does he always expects something in return, a selfish person indeed.